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We must find a way to speak in a common language again, a language that has a name for everything, even for a person holding a photograph of a dead child.

China's "bedside eavesdroppers," the online posse parsing rumors for power shifts, have a lot to work with as Xi Jinping pushes aside his own political appointees.

With pro-democracy movements long squashed, the government is targeting any hint of subtler expressions of discontent. Even establishment figures say it may be too much.

The documents were released as part of a defamation case against Fox Corporation filed by Smartmatic, an election technology company.

A lot of folks, human and otherwise, seem very interested in getting their hands on the newly crash-landed alien specimens. What could go wrong?

The remark, made as the president has ordered a wide-ranging review of museum exhibits, added to his pattern of minimizing Black history.

The move continues a remarkable turnabout toward the app for President Trump, who tried to ban TikTok in his first term.

Democrats hoping to retake the Senate in the midterm elections next year are targeting the seat of Senator Collins, a Maine Republican who is seen as a moderate.

Diplomats scrambled to come up with detailed proposals for security guarantees and other sticking points following two high-level summits in Alaska and Washington.

Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They're also very pretty.